June

June 1
Yankee Stadium Rally (1976)

June 3
Billy Graham preaches to 1.1 million on Seoul’s Yoido Island (1973)
Yeon Ah Moon inaugurated as WFWP International President (2014)

June 4
72 Couples Holy Marriage Blessing (1962)
Chairman Seung Ryong Moon’s ascension (2012)

June 6
D-Day landing in Europe (1944)
True Father arrives in Pyeongyang, North Korea (1946)

June 7
World Rally for Korean Freedom (1975)

June 8
First Sunhak Peace Prize award recipients selected (2015)

June 10
A-frame church construction begins in Korea (1974)
True Mother bestows Cheon Seong Gyeong and Pyeong Hwa Gyeong Heavenly Scriptures (2013)

June 11
Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) chapel cross struck by lightning (2001)

June 12
Sun Moon Peace Cup Inaugural Ceremony (2002)

June 13
360 million couples Marriage Blessing Ceremony (1998)
Cheon Jeong Gung Entrance Ceremony (2006)

June 14
True Father on cover of Newsweek International (1976)
True Father presents special award to True Mother (1999)

June 15
Mission to Japan begins (1958)
Austrian government grants Unification Church legal status (2015)

June 17
Construction begins at Cheongpyeong Training Center (1971)

June 19
European missionary Peter Koch ascends (1984)
Tongil Group employees support North Korean escapees, multicultural families (2013)

June 21
National Council of Churches issues study document critique of Divine Principle (1977)
UTS awards honorary doctorates to True Parents (2001)

June 22
God’s Hope for America Holy Ground pilgrimage begins (2014)

June 23
True Father is installed as chairman of Korean Root-Finding Association (1989)
True Mother awarded Grand Prix Peace Prize of UN IAEWP (2000)

June 25
Korean War begins (1950)
True Father meets President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1965)
Rally for religious freedom (1985)

June 26
Launching ceremony of Cheon Seung Ho (Heaven’s Victory) (1963)
Senate Committee Hearing on True Father’s court case (1984)
U.S. clergy rally for True Father (1985)
Dr. Theodore Shimmyo inaugurated as second Unification Theological Seminary president (1994)

June 28
True Mother’s petition to Judge Gerard Goettel (1982)

June 29
Washington Declaration (2003)